Concerns over battery life aside, the real reason your smartphone doesn't have a built-in projector yet is because it would add too much thickness to the device. And because shaving millimeters helps add to a smartphone's appeal, Texas Instruments might have finally found a way to convince handset makers to include a… »2/24/14 11:00am 2/24/14 11:00am

Over the past few years, pico projectors stuffed into smartphones and tablets have seemed like novel concepts with little real world application—yet. But the little projectors may finally evolve from novel to practical, especially with DLP's latest pico chip architecture breakthrough. »1/07/13 9:40am 1/07/13 9:40am

If you thought spelling out childish messages was the only fun you could have with a calculator, think again. Some incredibly talented hacker who goes by the handle Builderboy has written a Portal clone for Texas Instruments Ti-83 and Ti-84 graphing calculators. »12/03/12 2:04pm 12/03/12 2:04pm

Texas Instrument's OMAP4 mobile chipset is quite good. In fact, you'll be seeing it in the Kindle Fire HD. But despite the technical proficiency of that piece of silicon, the company has bigger plans for its technology than just tablets and smartphones: it wants to be in cars. »9/26/12 11:16am 9/26/12 11:16am

Did anyone ever use a graphing calculator to actually, like, calculate graphs? All I remember is playing Tetris and some Drugwars game. Kids these days have something crazier: Gossamer. It's a web browser for graphing calculators. »7/25/11 11:32am 7/25/11 11:32am

Both Apple's iPhone and iPad and Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips are based on ARM architecture, as are almost all cell phone processors. But where is Intel and the x86? Can the world's largest semiconductor company thwart the public's embrace of ARM? »9/15/10 9:00am 9/15/10 9:00am

A portrait of the team behind the Speak & Spell toy has come to light, via the good ship SexyPeople. Aren't they a handsome bunch? Many of us would've owned one, but did you know it launched at CES 1978? »6/11/10 2:51am 6/11/10 2:51am

Often when I reach for the keys in my pocket, I wonder why the hell we still use them. This dude is ahead of the curve though—he can open his doors by simply tapping his TI eZ430-Chronos watch. »1/21/10 5:00pm 1/21/10 5:00pm

Because of its super-compact size, DLP Pico projectors are ideal to cram into all kinds of gadgets. Texas Instruments is doing just that by applying it's new Pico WVGA resolution chipset into everything from cellphones to digital cameras. »1/06/10 2:56pm 1/06/10 2:56pm

There's little stopping Bluetooth from making its way into more devices, but its battery drain is many times that of, say, tried and true IR. But a new, lower power Bluetooth is coming next year. »10/19/09 8:10am 10/19/09 8:10am

Do Mac sales spike with the release of a new Windows OS?...Texas Instruments continues war against calculator modders...Vespa rocking horse is totally adorable...Hydrogen-powered UAV stays aloft for more than 23 hours straight... »10/15/09 12:30am 10/15/09 12:30am

I can't think of a more old school, geeky tribute to Queen than a band comprised of an Atari 800XL, 8-inch floppy disk, 3.5-in hard drive and HP Scanjet 3C. If only it sounded better. »4/19/09 10:00am 4/19/09 10:00am

Where, oh where were you, Nintendo Gameboy Color disguised as a Texas Instruments TI-83 Series calculator, when I was in school? Where? WHERE? Probably nowhere to be found, really, as Gameboy Colors weren't invented back then, and I was too busy trying to get off latin class to make out with girls in the backyard…
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50 years ago today, Texas Instrument's Jack Kilby demonstrated the first working integrated circuit, or microchip. It's a crude conglomeration of just five components, but it was also proof that a circuit could be miniaturized by housing all of its components on one piece of semiconductor material, allowing all these…
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